#BC5BE5#BC5BE5

#BC5BE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.212 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5BE5
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 60.34, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 80.94, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1488 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.212 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6207, 23.8319, 76.6791)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5BE5 #84E55B

analogous

#775BE5 #BC5BE5 #E55BC9

triadic

#BC5BE5 #E5BC5B #5BE5BC

tetradic

#BC5BE5 #E5775B #84E55B #5BC9E5

square

#BC5BE5 #E5775B #84E55B #5BC9E5

split-complementary

#BC5BE5 #C9E55B #5BE577

monochromatic

#801BAB #A626DD #BC5BE5 #D290ED #E7C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BC5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#BC5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5BE5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5BE5	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5789E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.212 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38eee',
    500: '#bc5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5be5;
$custom-light: #d38eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64587,
    "c": 0.21217,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5BE5

secondary

#C4E7B5

accent

#D5114B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5BE5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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